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Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2008
To amend the Peace Corps Act to provide continued funding for the Peace Corps, to increase the readjustment allowance for returning Peace Corps volunteers, and for other purposes.
Other Bill Titles (2 more) 3/5/2008--Introduced.
Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2008 - Amends the Peace Corps Act to:
(1) authorize appropriations through FY2012; and
(2) increase the readjustment allowance for returning Peace Corps volunteers.
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| Introduced |  | Voted on by House | | Voted on by Senate | | Considered By President | | Bill Becomes Law |
| March 05, 2008 |
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Since the Peace Corps Budget has changed to a 'five year sustainable budget' like the emergency funding in organizations such as PEPFAR, a Peace Corps hiring and funding agency; it is time to give Peace Corps Volunteer employees the same rights as other Peace Corps employees.
Peace Corps Volunteer employees should have the same five year option for service as Peace Corps employees.
This five year budget doubles. If the budget doubles and the number of volunteers doesn't; what will Congress do, close them? It's become too dangerous for PCVs in countries like Fiji, where there UN and US sanctions. The PCVs need danger pay like the foreign service and salaries that reflect their training counter parts.
Is this a five year budget or a one year budget reauthorization for five years or a five year budget authorized yearly or a one year reauthoration based on a five year budget or a five year budget reauthorization done yearly for the original five year and four years for the reauthorizing yearly or a once every five year budget reauthorization?
Peace Corps charges programs like PEPFAR and NGOs for PCVs. Wouldn't it be more fair to fund the NGOs and programs so they can hire their own volunteers? Peace Corps is a US government agency and has unique access to these US government programs, unlike NGOs, and charges the NGOs and programs for the volunteers. Why do we need Peace Corps? The NGOs need the money and can hire fine if they get the same access to funding that Peace Corps gets.
NGOs need equal access to funding.
How will the filibuster affect S.2731 since the budgets are together?
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